John Allyn McAlpin Berryman was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry. His best-known work is The Dream Songs.
John Berryman
Kipling Arms Apartments, Mandalay Drive, Clearwater Beach, Florida
McAlester is the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The population was 18,363 at the time of the 2010 census, a 3.4 percent increase from 17,783 at the 2000 census. The town gets its name from James Jackson McAlester, an early white settler and businessman who later became lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. Known as "J. J.", McAlester married Rebecca Burney, the daughter of a full-blood Chickasaw family, which made him a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
Downtown McAlester in January 2008
When this street in McAlester was paved in 1916, the city saved this pine tree and built a fence around it
Oklahoma State Penitentiary, established in 1911, is a source of employment and local revenue in McAlester
McAlester Public Library